Cheshire Regiment - Roll of Honour of Officers of the Cheshire Regiment Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With 9th Battalion Cheshire Regiment

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
Died in 1915
1	25th September	McCALL	Robert Alfred	2Lt	-	23	KIA	France	Near Festubert	Brown's Road Military Cemetery (I.F.18)	-
Died in 1916
2	22nd February	SHAW	Rowan	Lt	-	35	KIA	France	"Ducks Bill", Northeast of La Chapelle	Pont-du-Hem Military Cemetery (I.D.5)	-
3	4th March	HOLMES	Duncan McPherson Studdert	2Lt	-	26	KIA	France	Near "Boar's Head", Richebourg L'Avoue	Loos Memorial (Panel 49/50)	-
4	22nd April	CLAYTON	William Ernest Albert	2Lt	-	27	DOW	France	CCS at Merville	Merville Communal Cemetery (VII.A.12)	(1)
5	2nd July	HUNTER	Archibald	2Lt	-	41	KIA	France	La Boisselle, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 3C/4A)	-
6	2nd July	JACKSON	Thomas Leslie	Capt	MC	23	KIA	France	La Boisselle, Somme	Gordon Dump Cemetery (X.H.2)	-
7	2nd July	SERNBERG	Allan	Capt	-	43	KIA	France	La Boisselle, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 3C/4A)	-
8	16th November	EVANS	William Ashton	3Lt	-	28	DOW	France	CCS at Contay, west of Albert	Contay British Cemetery (VIII.A.4)	(2)
Died in 1917
9	10th April	WALLIS	Noel Veder	2Lt	-	35	KIA	Belgium	Ridge Wood, north of Vierstraat	Klein Vierstraat British Cemetery (I.E.12)	-
10	7th June	GADSDON	Frank Bannatyne	2Lt	-	22	KIA	Belgium	Near Onraet Wood, Wytschaete	Croonaert Chapel Cemetery (A.14)	-
11	14th July	LESTER-SMITH	Henry	2Lt	-	20	KIA	Belgium	Near "Druid Farm", east of Oosttaverne	Oosttaverne Wood Cemetery (III.A.2)	-
12	20th September	McKEEVER	James Holden	Lt	-	36	DOW	France	CCS at Bailleul	Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extn (I.A.57)	(3)
Died in 1918
13	23rd March	MILNER	Archibald Donald	Capt	-	28	KIA	France	"Delsaux Farm", near Bapaume	Arras Memorial (Bay 5/6)	-
14	24th March	WELCH	Richard Sydney	2Lt	-	19	KIA	France	Near Bapaume	Arras Memorial (Bay 5/6)	-
15	25th March	OWEN	Herbert Morris	2Lt	-	38	DOW	France	CCS at Amiens	St Pierre Cemetery, Amiens (VII.G.7)	(4)
16	11th April	BARNES	Arthur William	Capt	-	32	KIA	Belgium	Northeast of Nieppe	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panels 61/63)	(5)
17	11th April	NAYLOR	John	Capt	-	27	KIA	Belgium	Northeast of Nieppe	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panels 61/63)	-
18	14th April	FULTON	George Koberwein	Lt Col	DSO	34	KIA	Belgium	Breemeerschen, south of Dranoutre	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panels 61/63)	-
19	31st May	GIBBS	Thomas Charles	Lt	MC	38	KIA	France	Sarcy, near Chambrecy	Soissons Memorial	-
20	31st May	THURGOOD	Ernest Fuller	Capt	-	28	KIA	France	Sarcy, near Chambrecy	Chambrecy British Cemetery (II.C.3)	(6)
21	6th June	BERRY	Bernard	Lt	-	?	KIA	France	Near Jonchery, southwest of Rheims	Chambrecy British Cemetery (IV.A.1)	(7)
22	21st August	DAVEY	William Aubrey Carthew	2Lt	-	19	KIA	France	Bois de Bouvigny	Sandpits British Cemetery, Fouquereuil (IV.D.9)	-
23	15th September	POWELL	Ernest Arthur	2Lt	-	20	DOW	France	CCS at Lapugnoy	Lapugnoy Military Cemetery (XI.A.12)	(8)
24	8th November	MOLYNEUX	Benjamin	Lt	MC	22	DOW	France	CCS at Awoingt	Awoingt British Cemetery (II.G.22)	(9)
Notes: 1. CLAYTON was wounded near Richebourg St Vaast on 13th April 1916. 2. EVANS was wounded at "Hessian Trench", south of Grandcourt on 15th November 1916. 3. McKEEVER was wounded near "Hessian Wood", west of Zandvoorde on 20th September 1917. 4. OWEN was wound near Grevillers on 24th March 1918. 5. BARNES is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. He may well have been killed within the French border northeast of Nieppe. 6. THURGOOD was originally buried in a battlefield grave near Jonchery-sur-Vesle and reburied in Chambrecy British Cemetery in December 1919. 7. BERRY was originally buried in a battlefield grave near Jonchery-sur-Vesle and reburied in Chambrecy British Cemetery in December 1919. 8. POWELL was wounded at "Nora Trench" near Richebourg L'Avoue on 14th September 1918. 9. MOLYNEUX was wounded near Malgani, northeast of Le Cateau on 4th November 1918.

Those Officers of Other Regiments Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With

9th (Service) Battalion Cheshire Regiment

Ref	Date Died	SURNAME	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
1	3rd March	ROBERTSON	Fred Percival	Lt	-	23	KIA	France	Near "Boar's Head", Richebourg L'Avoue	St Vaast Post Military cemetery (II.R.9)	(1)
2	31st July1916	SMITH	James Norman	2Lt	-	20	KIA	France	Near Fricourt Farm, Somme	Becourt Military Cemetery (I.U.37)	(2)
Notes: 1. ROBERTSON was detached from the Lancashire Fusiliers. 2. SMITH was detached from The King's (Liverpool Regiment).

Battalion History

9th (Service) Battalion. The Battalion was formed at Chester on 13th September 1914, part of K2, and assembled and concentrated at Salisbury Plain under command of 58th Brigade, 19th Division. The Battalion was moved to Basingstoke in December 1914 before returning to Perham Down, Salisbury Plain, in March 1915 to continue intensive individual and collective training. On 19th July 1915 the main party of the Battalion moved to Folkestone for embarkation to Boulogne. The Battalion concentrated at Boulogne, strength of 33 officers and 988 men, on 20th July and prepared for the move to the Neuve Chapelle area for training in trench warfare, arriving there on 20th August 1915. On 30th August 1915 the Battalion first took over forward trenches, and these were in the Gorre area from 1/4th Battalion Cameron Highlanders.

The Battalion remained with 19th Division for the rest of the war and details of battles and operations carried out by 19th Division can be viewed here.

Regimental History

The Cheshire Regiment was formed on 1st July 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms, which saw the 2 separate Battalions of the 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment of Foot re-titled to become the regular 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Regiment, with the Regimental Depot based at Chester Castle.

The 1881 reforms also added the Rifle Volunteer Corps (RVC) and Militia units within the Regimental District of the County of Cheshire to the Regimental Establishment as numbered Battalions of the Regiment. The Rifle Volunteer Corps (RVC) units were the 1st Cheshire Rifle Volunteer Corps, the 2nd (Earl of Chester's) Cheshire RVC, the 3rd Cheshire RVC, the 4th Cheshire (Cheshire and Derbyshire) RVC and the 5th Cheshire RVC. The Militia units of the Regiment were the 1st Royal Cheshire Light Infantry Militia and the 2nd Royal Cheshire Militia.

In 1908, as part of the Haldane Reforms, the Militia Battalions were reorganised and restructured forming the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion and the RVC Battalions were retitled as Battalions of the Regimental Territorial Force. The 1st Cheshire RVC became the 4th Battalion TF, the 2nd (Earl of Chester's) Cheshire RVC and the 3rd Cheshire RVC amalgamated and became the 5th (Earl of Chester's) Battalion TF, the 4th Cheshire RVC became the 6th Battalion TF and the 5th Cheshire RVC became the 7th Battalion RVC and ater became the 5th (Earl of Chester's) Battalion TF, the 4th Cheshire RVC became the 6th Battalion TF and the 5th Cheshire RVC became the 7th Battalion TF.

After the Declaration of War on 4th August 1914 and up to 1st June 1918, the Cheshire Regiment had formed, disbanded or reconstituted 35 Territorial Force, Service, Garrison, Labour, Reserve, Graduated and Young Soldier Battalions.

Analysis of 9th Battalion Regimental Officer Casualties

Year	BE	FR	TOTAL
1915		1	1
1916		7	7
1917	3	1	4
1918	3	9	12
TOTALS	6	18	24

Page last updated: 21st January 2026

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